A study of goldfish oocyte meiosisin vitro: effects of 2,4-dinitrophenol and adenosine-5-triphosphate |
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| Authors: | Hamid R Habibi Charles A Lessman |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, St. Francis Xavier University, B2G 1CO Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada;(2) Present address: Department of Zoology, University of Alberta, T6G 2E9 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Germinal vesicle migration (GVM) and/or dissolution (GVD) were measured in goldfish oocytes, treated with 17α, 20β dihydroxyprogesterone (DHP) and other compounds considered to effect the cytoskeleton and oxidative phosphorylation,in vitro. Administration of DHP reinitiated meiotic maturation, increasing GVM and GVD in goldfish oocytes. Addition of 2,4-dinitrophenol
(DNP) to the incubation medium significantly inhibited DHP-induced GVM and GVD. The DNP effect was found to be partially reversible
after 24 h and could be reversed fully after a further delay of approximately 24h. Treatment of goldfish oocytes with demecolcine
(DE; a colchicine derivative also known as colcemid) induces GVM to the micropyle without effecting GVD; while Cytochalasin-B
which inhibits microfilament polymerization impairs both GVM and GVD. Administration of DNP, significantly inhibited DE-induced
GVM, suggesting that GVM as well as GVD are dependent upon the process of oxidative phosphorylation. Addition of adenosine-5′
-triphosphate (ATP) at low concentrations (0.01–0.1 mM) did not effect DHP-induced or DNP-inhibited GVD in goldfish oocytes.
The present results are consistent with the idea that migration of the oocyte nucleus during meiosis reinitiation has an energy
requirement and involves participation by the cytoskeleton. |
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| Keywords: | 2 4-Dinitrophenol ATP Demecolcine colcemid cytochalasin-B oocyte meiosis |
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